Risk by Choice: Regulating Health and Safety in the Workplace

W. Kip Viscusi

Published by Harvard University Press 1983

Risk by Choice

Regulating Health and Safety in the Workplace

W. Kip Viscusi

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674186217

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Contents

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Viscusi W. Kip :

W. Kip Viscusi is George G. Allen Professor of Economics at Duke University and Associate Reporter on the American Law Institute tort liability reform project

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. RISK AND INDIVIDUAL CHOICE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 OSHA: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND IMPACT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
3. COMPENSATING DIFFERENTIALS FOR RISK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. MARKET FORCES AND INADEQUATE RISK INFORMATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. THE BASIS FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
6. THE VALUE OF LIFE AND LIMB Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
7. HOW ΤΟ SET STANDARDS IF YOU MUST Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
8. THE POLITICAL CONTEXT OF RISK REGULATION POLICIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
9. CONTROLLING RISKS THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CHOICE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
APPENDIX NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
APPENDIX ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE QUIT PROCESS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
REFERENCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 200
Illustrations
- Other: 2 line illustrations, 24 tables
Keywords: Industrial safety -- United States.; Industrial policy -- United States.; Industrial hygiene -- United States.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674186217

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1983
ISBN: 9780674186200